John cheistian kling



PATENTED JAN. 26. 1904..

J. C. KLING.

GALLEY STAND. APPLIoATIoN FILED JUNE e. 1902.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented January 26, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

JOHN CHRISTIAN KLING, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE B.FREASE, OF CANTON, OHIO.

GALLEY-STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,464, dated January26, 1904.

Application filed Tune 6, 1902. Serial No. 110,474. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, J oIIN CHRISTIAN KLING, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Galley-Stand, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a stand or table for use in a printing-office onwhich to place the type-Setters gal'leys; and theobjects of myimprovements are to so construct and arrange the top of the stand as toutilize space in a more economical and advantageous manner and to givethe several workmen greater frecdom and independence when working attheir respective sections of the stand. I attain these objects by theconstructionv and arrangement illustrated in the accompanying drawing,in which the figure is a perspective view of the galley-stand and inwhich similar numerals refer to similar parts.

In setting type the same are first arranged in a composing-stick, fromwhich they are removed from time to time and assembled in a galley, asl, for justifying and making up into a form for a column 2 or into awider galley, as 3, for making up into a page or other desired form 4.The tables, colloquially called working boards, on which the galleys areplaced are inclined downward toward the type-setter, so the form willnot fall over on its free side, and the tops of the' stands are usuallymade as a continuous working board long enough to accommodate severalworkmen standing side by side. Such a stand takes up a great deal ofroom and is awkward to get around, and when the workmen are at the standat the same time unless they each use an unnecessary space along thetable they interfere with each others movements. To obviate thesedifliculties, I

make the top of the stand substantially square and shape it as fourrectangular working boards 5, each inclined downward and outward, withone end of each board adjoining the line of the back of another boardnext to its free end. This gives the workman at each respective boardabsolute freedom and independence of action, and the stand with its topso arranged takes up less space in proportion to the free working roomavailable and is more convenient to get around. Such a stand canoftentimes be located in a crowded room, where it would be inconvenientor impossible to put a continuous table of similar capacity.

When the respective working boards are similar and their length exceedstheir width measured horizontally, a flat deck 6 is formed in the middleof the stand, the size of which is varied according to the relativelength, width, and pitch of the respective working boards, and theworking boards can be finished with longitudinal strips 7 for stayingseveral narrow galleys on one board or by a series of partitions 8 atone end to form receptacles for varioussizes of leads.

i What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A substantially square galley-stand having its top shaped as fourrectangular working boards, each inclined downward and outward, with oneend of each board adjoining the line of the back of another board.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two sub-

